The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-16
FRIENDLY FIREMEN.
RICHMOND WELCOMES THE STATE
FIRE ASSOCL4 TYON
Arrival Of the Delegates The Business
Meeting sightseeing serenading To
Days Session The Grand Parade and
the Banquet.

Meeting sightseeing serenading To
Days se-Sfon-The Grand Parade and
the Banquet
Yesterday was a red-letter day with our
gallant boys OF the red shirts. The long
looked for annual convention OF the state
Fire Association began its sessions.
Early Yesterday morning delegations
arrived from various parts of the State.
Il was about noon when the Chambers
Hose Company OF Portsmouth and the
Norfolk delegates reached the city. They
had with them the Soldiers Home band.
They were met by all the other delegates
aud escorted to their headquarters at
FOrd's Hotel
CALLED TO ORDER.
1t was about O'Clock when Chief En-
gineer A. L. Fuqua, Of Richmond, called
the convention to order Mr. George
Cummings, of Portsmouth, was secretary.
Councilman A. H. Kaufman, chairman
Of The City Council Fire Committee,
made a very appropriate address of vel
come and Chief Engineer Fuqua re-
sponded
After the report Of the Committee on
Credentials the actual business Of the
convention begun 1t was occupied in
the discussion of technical matters or
great interest and importance, but which
the crowded state OF our columns will
not admit of being reported in detail
The important work Of the body Will,
however, be made public at the close of
the session.
ON PLEASURE BENr
After "a session of about an hour and
half the convention adj iourned At
4 o'clock the visiting and other delegates
took omnibu-c- pleasure wagons, and
carriages. and drove around until after
night fall Every 1t of interest TN
and around the city was visited.
About . o'clock the Chambers Hose
Company. Of Portsmouth. headed by the
Hampton band with Assistant-Chief
Mountcastle in command, serenaded Gov
ernor Lee, Chief Engineer Fuqua, the
TINES and other newspapers, and visited
various other places The music was Of
the highest order. and was cheered by a
large crowd OF admiring listeners at each
stopping place
TO-DAY's PROGRAMME.
Convention assemblies at Gam. forge
eral business.
AZ 330 pm, by invitation of the COM
mittee of Richmond members of the Asso-
citation. the visiting members will meet at
Headquarters on Broad street TO witness
/ the inspection of the + re Department
and the parade of various companies
At Is o'clock pm. the visiting members
will assemble ON Capitol square tO wit
ness the trial of various apparatus.
At9 o'clock pm. the visiting members
will assemble at the Capitol building TO
attend q reunion banquet % De held at
Sanger Halle
The order of march This evening will
be with the guests i'm front, the Rich
mond Department bringing mp the rear.
The procession will form at Broad and
Ninth streets. the line of march will be-
down Broad % Nineteenth, out Nine
teenth 10 Main up Main 10 Third, out
/ Third 20 Broad, and thence 90 the start
ing point After the trial of the appa-
tus and brief resi- the delegates will
repair To- the banquet at Sanger Halle.
CURRENT coMMENT
The headquarters of the Fire Depart
meni and most Of the engine houses are
gaily decorated. Murphys Hotel and the
residence of j. J.. Lynch, at 1896 Main
street were also festooned
The Chambers Hose Company OF
Portsmouth is under command of Col R'
c. Marshall. late Democratic candidate
for Congress They bring forty men.
Danylle sent twenty and four guests
Captain T j Payne Is ia command.
Petersburg Is well represented by three
/ delegates and three alternates and Chief
Engineer T. II. Curtis.
Norfolk has ten good men here, and
Manchester, Alexandria, and Roanoke
are also on hand by large majority.
At the Governor House Captain
Marshall introduced the Chambers Hose
Company, and the Governor made a
happy speech.
Al the opening Of the Convention Rev
Mr.. Dashiell made a very impressive and
beautiful prayer
Among the welcome guests are Mr.
Fred J.. Pierce, editor-in-cbief Of the
F.rsmen's Hera6, Of New York, Mr..
John b Strider, Of Alexandria, who rep
resents the >0uhen FUsman, and Mr. +.
NJ. Pace representing the D0n0Hc Regls
>r.
The delegates are a hne.loOking body
OF men. and all that can be done is being
done for them Fuqua, MOuntcastle,
Kaufman, Beverly Crump, Lynch, Davis,
Waldman, Walthall, and Rogers, as well
as every individual fireman. are working
for all they are worth, and it is safe to
predict that the convention viii be one
! of the happiest events Of the year.
FREE CONCERT THIS EVENING.
The Chambers Steam Fire Engine
Company of Portsmouth respectfully in
yite the ladies Of tn city and especially
the firemen's relatives to be present
on the Capitol Square this even
ing from $40 TO 7.3O o'clock, when the
celebrated Soldiers Home Band will dis
course sweet music for their benefit.